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Technology Stocks : IATV-ACTV Digital Convergence Software-HyperTV -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: mike.com who wrote (1677)	4/11/1999 10:17:00 AM
From: Jon Scott	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 13157

Just that redundancy is prevalent and the stock will move with or without you or me or SI. Do you really think SI thread titles are what makes a stock. That's shallow thinking. The thread's title is/was never important to me on any stock. Instead, I was always intrigued by the content of the thread and the conviction and insight of those who put so much time into sharing their thoughts and research with others. That's what makes SI such a good site. A "sexy" title is totally irrelevant to the content. Please don't try and convince me otherwise. That's the absolute last criteria I would use in buying a security or even scanning for one. It's not one of yours I hope. At least read the headers.

To: mike.com who wrote (1677)	4/11/1999 11:17:00 AM
From: Jon Scott	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 13157

One other interesting note. I'm always reminded of your incessant, unjustified whining on the other thread of how much of a mistake you made in buying ACTV and how you were selling tomorrow and how us longs had to constantly slap you. I've been on SI almost since it's inception and you are unique. When you realized, after all that slapping, how outright foolish you were in being one of the two who ever who berated ACTV on that thread, you went as far to change your name. When you realized that these inane posts and comments still stayed tied to your new name, you immediately made it your your #1 priority to change the thread. And I don't blame you. You really looked idiotic(like mailmen) and were at least wise enough to know just how foolish you would look when we are where we are now($20 and rising). I have never seen such an effort bestowed by anyone on SI to absolutely insist that "The thread MUST change names". You used your whining skills to pester that point as well. Those posts are all over the other thread and were just as annoying. Again, I don't think SI makes or breaks a good company. ACTV will and has risen on it's own accord, with or without you or me. The institutions are aware of it now, and that's what Frank and us other longs knew would eventually happen. I think what you really need to do is thank those who slapped some sense into you, because you too were VERY, VERY near selling not long ago in the 2's after only giving it a just a few months time. So your timing wasn't better or worse than mine, it was just more luck and having the right longs around you while your complete lack of investor sophistication and patience was rearing itself. It's much easier to hold after just a few months of stagnation than a a few years. Particularly when you had the great support of some very savvy ACTV investors. So please don't try and take credit for much more than being a good whiner. Your whining both irritated longs to shut you up and brought attention to a few investors who will obviously be grateful to you for raising an eyebrow to ACTV. But ultimately, you lucked out. Nothing more. The people who remained convicted enough to quell your whining are the ones who deserve the credit. Otherwise, you would not even be here. So when someone says"Thanks for the alert Mike", what they're thanking you for is doing nothing more than putting your whining to work and repeating what you were told, not for being insightful. Sorry for being so critical Mike, but that's the the harsh truth and the other thread is where it's all documented.